SY One on One Educational Assistant

One On One Educational Assistant

Beginning Date: 26-27 School Year

Salary:
Grade 14e step 1

Job Summary:

Provides instructional and/or general clerical assistance to teachers with special education students in the classroom, a computer lab, and on-campus grounds.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position will follow the assigned student as they progress to each grade level and school site.
• May be assigned a single special needs student to attend to and assist.
• Accompanies students and adapts instructional materials to special student needs.
• May be required to perform feeding, distributing, toilet assistance, diapering, wheelchair transfers, and pushing wheelchairs to classrooms according to their medical management plan.
• Assists the special education teacher in the preparation of materials and activities for classroom instruction.
• Assists small groups and individual students with classroom activities and activities.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining a clean, attractive, and safe learning environment.
• Accompanies students to a mainstream setting, translating between English and Spanish.
• Assists substitute teachers as needed.
• Participates in staff meetings and in-service training activities.
• Assists teachers with general clerical work such as filing, photocopying, word processing and duplication of materials for classroom use.
• Assists students in the classroom with reading, math, and other subjects.
• Supervises children at recess, lunch and getting on and off the bus to ensure child safety and that each child is accounted for.
• Assists students with classroom and homework assignments.
• Relieves teachers for attending professional development activities.
• Reports information about a child's development and behavior to teachers.
• Actively fosters positive relationships with all staff and the community.
• Maintains the safety and security of students.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge Of:

• Educational and personal care needs of students with multiple needs.
• Techniques, policies, and practices of child instruction.
• Child discipline.
• Emergency and safety procedures.
• Policies and objectives of assigned programs.
• Modern office practices and procedures.
• School site and assigned, policies, and procedures.
• Basic principles and techniques of education.
• Correct English usage.
• Operation of modern office equipment including PC and related software.
• Educational needs of students with multiple needs.

Ability To:

• Adhere to District & Federal FERPA policies and strict confidentiality
• Perform services required for assisting students with special needs.
• Assist with student health care needs and personal hygiene.
• Prepare a variety of records and reports.
• Assist teachers in classroom education activities.
• Supervise students at recess and entering and exiting buses.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with others.
• Operate a variety of modern office equipment.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Perform routine clerical duties.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Educational course work and prior classroom experience in special needs student settings preferred.
• Current Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification required for position

Language

Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, parents, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical

Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Educational Assistant PreK-12 Level 3 License-required
• Also encouraged to obtain a PreK-12 Substitute License

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions…